Reviewer:
LAJ
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August 7, 2004
Subject:
Ambient Epic
The musical equivalent of a long journey through varied landscapes. Nice collage of field recordings (
e.g. flowing water) and electroacoustic sounds (
e.g. disharmonic chimes). Flowing ambient soundscapes/drones with brief episodes of rising and falling chaos. There's lots of variety in this lengthy piece, so there's no chance of losing interest. Listening to it at different volumes levels is like taking a new journey each time.
Reviewer:
cpmcdill [Webbed Hand]
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August 6, 2004
Subject:
sleepscape
First impression: I was drawn in by the cover art. Nice, and quite appropriate for an album like this.
The recording itself has an atmosphere that calls to mind the tales of polish writer Bruno Schultz. It's an extended work of electroacoustic textures, with odd off-tune chimes, rumbles and rustles.
Played at the volume of conventional music, it's actually rather stimulating. If it is anything like my Rain series, which it is in concept, then it is best listened to very low, just above the threshold of inaudibility, in order to season ones dreams without drawing attention directly to itself.